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and we try to understand how a change in the environment can lead to human response on the ground. >> suarez: so see if i understand this correctly. you're measuring a lot of different kinds of human response but is it just the temperature that could be forcing these changes? i mean the temperature may have an effect on how much drinkable water there is around, temperature may have an effect on how much food there is to eat in a given community. >> absolutely. so there are in fact many hypotheses, many mechanisms that people think might help connect changes in the environment, changes in the temperature or extreme rainfall. the conflict outcomes that we observe. sometimes we think direct exposure to heat sometimes does change human psychology. we observed in the laboratory if you put people in a room and raise the temperature they actually change how they behave towards others. as you suggest there's economic mechanisms as well that are incredibly important. so you can have crop failures and extremely high temperatures and that leads to all sorts of changes, changes people's insentive
and we try to understand how a change in the environment can lead to human response on the ground. >> suarez: so see if i understand this correctly. you're measuring a lot of different kinds of human response but is it just the temperature that could be forcing these changes? i mean the temperature may have an effect on how much drinkable water there is around, temperature may have an effect on how much food there is to eat in a given community. >> absolutely. so there are in fact...
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it's a very dynamic environment. there are many, many people interested in investing there. businesses can't fiend places to have their offices, and at the same time, the government with all that it has to do to struggle to get on its feet, has not really confronted the question of what will happen to this beautiful colonial city, and in fact they've moved the government agencies out of the city to a new capital, leaving a lot of very important monumental buildings to an uncertain future. >> brown: let's take one american example, the one i citeed i citeed in the introduction, the arch in st. louis. i think a lot of people are going to be surprised, as i was, that it would be on the list. it's corrosion? >> it is corrosion. and i guess that the over-arching theme is vigilance, and knows what's happening in your community of the things you treasure and in this case it's the national park service facing a conundrum. many of these great modern monuments were built in experimental ways, and we don't have standard procedures for how to address problems of this kind. >> brown: tha
it's a very dynamic environment. there are many, many people interested in investing there. businesses can't fiend places to have their offices, and at the same time, the government with all that it has to do to struggle to get on its feet, has not really confronted the question of what will happen to this beautiful colonial city, and in fact they've moved the government agencies out of the city to a new capital, leaving a lot of very important monumental buildings to an uncertain future....
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>> well, in this particular environment this month, does the president want to talk about how management and government is a good thing? absolutely. after the i.r.s. problems that he's been experiencing, he wants to spread the world that government does good things which is what he's talking about and that management is in the executive branch is top notch at fema. >> ifill: michael. can't disagree with that. you know, lyndon johnson even at the moment of john kennedy's assassination, you would think that would have been the most horrible thing for him to turn into politics but he said no memorial oration could more eloquently honor john kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of his civil rights bill. people thought it was very appropriate even if you're chris christie or mary fallon, i'm bei crass, talking about the politics, it doesn't necessarily hurt you. >> it doesn't hurt you at all. we're talking about republican governors. they are more than theap to see washington represented by the president of the united states come to their communities. >> ifill: alexis and micha
>> well, in this particular environment this month, does the president want to talk about how management and government is a good thing? absolutely. after the i.r.s. problems that he's been experiencing, he wants to spread the world that government does good things which is what he's talking about and that management is in the executive branch is top notch at fema. >> ifill: michael. can't disagree with that. you know, lyndon johnson even at the moment of john kennedy's...
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not only does our department of the environment go out and do audits, we actually have auditors that go out there and make sure that we're all in compliance with the way we measure it, and using the state standards and the state process to do it. >> reporter: so there's no doubt in your mind that the 80% is real. >> oh, no doubt at all, no doubt at all in my mind. >> reporter: whatever the actual number is, recycling and composting don't come free. >> all of the services we provide are paid for by the customers whose material we're taking away. >> reporter: are they paying more in rates because of all this recycling and composting than they would otherwise? >> i would bet they're paying a little more. but if you compare rates in the bay area-- san francisco versus other communities-- we're right in the middle of the pack. and we're doing a lot more recycling than any other communities. >> reporter: residents currently pay about $28 a month for their trash bins; recycling and composting bins are free. but last month, recology requested a rate increase, and for the first time, wants to
not only does our department of the environment go out and do audits, we actually have auditors that go out there and make sure that we're all in compliance with the way we measure it, and using the state standards and the state process to do it. >> reporter: so there's no doubt in your mind that the 80% is real. >> oh, no doubt at all, no doubt at all in my mind. >> reporter: whatever the actual number is, recycling and composting don't come free. >> all of the services...
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something else, i think that disparity begins to establish a psychology that in some cases led to that environment. i have to believe the more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally. >> reporter: the decision comes nearly two and a half years after the repeal of another ban "don't ask, don't tell" which barred gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military. >> ifill: for more on how this came together, and what comes >> brown: still to come on the newshour: confirmation hearings for secretary of state nominee john kerry ... china's growth bubble ... and an online "fireside chat" with vice president biden. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: president obama announced his nominees today to run two key financial regulatory agencies. he tapped mary jo white to chair the securities and exchange commission. she's a former federal prosecutor in new york, with a long record of prosecuting financial fraud and other white- collar crimes. >> if confirmed by the senate, i look forward to committing all of my energies
something else, i think that disparity begins to establish a psychology that in some cases led to that environment. i have to believe the more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally. >> reporter: the decision comes nearly two and a half years after the repeal of another ban "don't ask, don't tell" which barred gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military. >> ifill: for more on how this came together, and what comes...
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doing something in a way that could get you more wages or in a way that could get a better working environment, then it's okay. if you're not, saying your bored is going to cause some problems. >> especially if you're bored being on twitter and facebook. it depends on the category. the board upheld the filing of a reporter for the arizona daily star who was bored and posted online saying what? no overnight homicide? you're slacking, tucson. well, that was considered not acceptable for his employer at the newspaper. >> bad taste might be a problem. but what about how are companies handling this? are they being forced to expand their policies? i mean how broad does it need to be? >> the n.l.r.b. is actually urging or pushing companies to rewrite their policies so that they're in line with their new series of recommendations. so they're trying to get the cost-cos of the world and other large companies... >> target and general motors among those. >> ... to do it. wal-mart gets an a-plus because wal-mart already rewrote its policies to be more in line with what the n.l.r.b. is say joog what the cha
doing something in a way that could get you more wages or in a way that could get a better working environment, then it's okay. if you're not, saying your bored is going to cause some problems. >> especially if you're bored being on twitter and facebook. it depends on the category. the board upheld the filing of a reporter for the arizona daily star who was bored and posted online saying what? no overnight homicide? you're slacking, tucson. well, that was considered not acceptable for his...
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is everything for children, i think environment is everything for people. so this particular building being new, being a green technology building, represents a glimmer of hope for children so when they come into this building they have a sense of pride, they have a sense of respect but more importantly they are in a great learning environment. >> reporter: colbert king offered some cautious optimism. >> certainly the building is good but buildings don't teach kids, so there is a limit there, the dunbar community itself is changing demographically dunbar. the dunbar community is changing. it is not the same neighborhood that was there when i attended. it was not the same neighborhood that was there ten years ago and that's sort of the story of the city. >> reporter: in other words, the hope is that dunbar may become another kind of magnet school, in a resurgent neighborhood, once again. if the new environment does attract students, there's plenty of room for growth: the new school was built to house 1,100 students, almost double the enrollment today. >> woo
is everything for children, i think environment is everything for people. so this particular building being new, being a green technology building, represents a glimmer of hope for children so when they come into this building they have a sense of pride, they have a sense of respect but more importantly they are in a great learning environment. >> reporter: colbert king offered some cautious optimism. >> certainly the building is good but buildings don't teach kids, so there is a...
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brent newell is an environmental lawyer with the center on race, poverty and the environment. >> already, california communities are overwhelmed by the amount of air pollution that comes from these facilities, the effect on groundwater is really unacceptable, so continuing to produce milk to put on a ship and ship across the pacific ocean to china, to satisfy some kind of growing demand in china for dairy products, really makes no sense at all. >> reporter: if the chinese continue to develop their own independent dairy industry california will lose much of its market for surplus milk and california farmers will pay more for alfalfa as exports to china drive up demand. in this complex exchange of resources and money, china may well end up the global food industry winner. >> brown: on the environmental issues, the dairy industry has responded saying central valley farmers abide by some of the nation's strictest water quality regulations. their efforts include sampling and testing manure and soil as well as monitoring groundwater. they noted that air emissions are also regulated and cited a
brent newell is an environmental lawyer with the center on race, poverty and the environment. >> already, california communities are overwhelmed by the amount of air pollution that comes from these facilities, the effect on groundwater is really unacceptable, so continuing to produce milk to put on a ship and ship across the pacific ocean to china, to satisfy some kind of growing demand in china for dairy products, really makes no sense at all. >> reporter: if the chinese continue...
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the environment that all of these storms are occurring in is simply different than it used to be because of human activities. >> ifill: jeff masters is a human activities in that region or is it human activities globally that you see that are driving the sea levels up in that area? >> it's human activities globally. unfortunately the people who are least to blame for emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere are the ones that are suffering the worst. it's the people in africa, the philippines and poorer countries are really feeling the impacts on these sorts of extreme events we've seen lately. >> ifill: let me ask you both for hopefully a hopeful way of butting this up starting with you kevin, what could path should we be taking. >> this is on the cards. the projections we will have bigger more storm although there may be fewer storms overall. but then it's very haphazard as to just which area experiences these in any particular year or in any particular location. but then you need to be prepared. in the u.s., one of the things that happens is improving building codes, and this has be
the environment that all of these storms are occurring in is simply different than it used to be because of human activities. >> ifill: jeff masters is a human activities in that region or is it human activities globally that you see that are driving the sea levels up in that area? >> it's human activities globally. unfortunately the people who are least to blame for emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere are the ones that are suffering the worst. it's the people in africa, the...
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footbal for example, famously macho environment, right? >> well, you know, i'm openly gay man. i like to think of myself as fairly macho. [ laughter ] so i don't think one's sexual orientation -- >> brown: i certainly didn't mean that i meant the reputation. >> no, no, no. i know, people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports of being a macho environment but the truth of the matter is whatever we deem as stereotypically macho, the male athletes thatave come out thursday far in professional sports fit that bill. john amici played a power forward position. i would think that is macho. he's a strong guy. before him dave coupe was a killer on the field, a macho guy. i think part of this conversation is reframing the way we think about it in its entirety, looking at it through a different para dime. that's the reason i gave a pushback there. >> brown: i take the push. well taken. what is the situation in other spor? simil to what u see in basketball? >> well, you know, i do know that all these leagues have worked with or have worked with some organization addressi
footbal for example, famously macho environment, right? >> well, you know, i'm openly gay man. i like to think of myself as fairly macho. [ laughter ] so i don't think one's sexual orientation -- >> brown: i certainly didn't mean that i meant the reputation. >> no, no, no. i know, people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports of being a macho environment but the truth of the matter is whatever we deem as stereotypically macho, the male athletes thatave come...
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we think that you can develop family wage jobs and be good stewards and protect the environment. >> we have our fish, we have our salmon, we have our clean air. we'll lose that. that's losing to me. >> brown: a new survey finds that americans of different races have very different levels of optimism about their economic future. ray suarez digs into the surprising results. >> woodruff: david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the week's news. >> brown: and how do you send a ship miles off course, without touching its steering wheel? fool its g.p.s. system. we examine new research that shows the vulnerability of satellite navigation systems. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corp
we think that you can develop family wage jobs and be good stewards and protect the environment. >> we have our fish, we have our salmon, we have our clean air. we'll lose that. that's losing to me. >> brown: a new survey finds that americans of different races have very different levels of optimism about their economic future. ray suarez digs into the surprising results. >> woodruff: david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the week's news. >> brown: and how do you send a...
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of the result raised concern about the future for red king crab and snow crab which live in similar environments and may respond in similar ways. unfortunately what that found is a significant increase in mortality rates, our loss in growth rate, our loss in calcify indication, how quickly the crabs needed to build their shell. the crab did not do as well under these ocean acidification settings. >> the findings were a troubling surprise said expert andre punt, from the university of washington school of fisheries science. >> the crab died within the first 200 days so if they survived the 200 days they would not make it. >> that was just the beginning. when mathis, who makes his living sampling sea chemistry analyzed conditions off of alaska he found it changing far faster than expected. >> what is alarming about the study is that we thought we were exposing these crabs to future scenarios which may have been 50 or a hundred years from now. when in fact, our recent work in the bearing sea has shown those conditions exist today so this is a real thing that is happening right now today, not some f
of the result raised concern about the future for red king crab and snow crab which live in similar environments and may respond in similar ways. unfortunately what that found is a significant increase in mortality rates, our loss in growth rate, our loss in calcify indication, how quickly the crabs needed to build their shell. the crab did not do as well under these ocean acidification settings. >> the findings were a troubling surprise said expert andre punt, from the university of...
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. >> warner: we've heard so much about sustaibili, about preserving the environment and yet just a few days ago we heard the carbon carbon dioxide levels are at their highest numbers in human history. does this suggest what you're doing suggest that is the fight to keep the environmentle from going off the deep send over and now it's about surviving the worst? >> no, not at all. this starts with the assumption that we have to continue sustainability and mitigation strategies but it also understands the reality and once every hundred year storm becoming once a week storms somewhere that so much of climate change that's already occurred is leading to these huge shocks, huge storms, wind, hurricane, tsunami and cities are going to have to adapt to that at the same time they're building their excellent and overdue sustainability and mitigation strategies as well. >> woodruff: what are some examples, judy rodin, of what cities need to be thinking about and doing? >> well, cities need to build redundancy. they need to build in the capacity to wall off a piece of a system if it fails so that
. >> warner: we've heard so much about sustaibili, about preserving the environment and yet just a few days ago we heard the carbon carbon dioxide levels are at their highest numbers in human history. does this suggest what you're doing suggest that is the fight to keep the environmentle from going off the deep send over and now it's about surviving the worst? >> no, not at all. this starts with the assumption that we have to continue sustainability and mitigation strategies but it...
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hagel has ordered rules requiring direct accountability from commanders for achieving a non-harassing environment and more help for sexual assault victims. and since only congress can change military law, hagel wants new legislation to prohibit commanders from reversing court- martial convictions for serious crimes. in march it came to light that an army general overturned the rape conviction of a subordinate. fueling the drive to eliminate that power. a house bill introduced today by ohio republican michael turner would do just that. and turner also calls for but turner would not go as far as senator gillibrand and take the cases out of the military chain of command. instead he would move adjudication up the chain for generals and admirals to decide instead of lower ranking colonels. >> our goal has been to raise it in the chain of command, making it so that you don't have the people that are actually all working together and have relationships and bias, and also then again making it a performance criteria for promotion in how they handle those cases. >> reporter: but the pentagon's director of
hagel has ordered rules requiring direct accountability from commanders for achieving a non-harassing environment and more help for sexual assault victims. and since only congress can change military law, hagel wants new legislation to prohibit commanders from reversing court- martial convictions for serious crimes. in march it came to light that an army general overturned the rape conviction of a subordinate. fueling the drive to eliminate that power. a house bill introduced today by ohio...